Innovation
How to test a new idea cheaply and see it through, without betting the org on a hunch.
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries · book
how to test a new idea with real feedback before you overbuild it; build, measure, learn, applied to any program, not just startups.
Sprint
Jake Knapp · book
a five-day method to prototype a big idea and test it with real people before you commit the budget; borrowed from google ventures.
Creative Confidence
Tom & David Kelley · book
from the founders of ideo, a case that everyone is creative; how to reclaim the nerve to propose new ideas at all.
Design Kit
IDEO.org · site
ideo's free human-centered design methods; a step-by-step toolkit for designing services with the people they're meant to serve.
Where Good Ideas Come From
Steven Johnson, TED · video
a short, myth-busting talk on how breakthroughs really happen; less lightning bolt, more slow hunch meeting another hunch.